Facebook’s Oculus is finally offering clarity on how much of a premium a virtual reality experience will cost.
After months of teasing the introduction of its Oculus Rift virtual reality goggles, the company said on Wednesday that it had opened orders for the system, which includes a headset and controller devices, with a price of $599. That’s without a computer included — you’ll need a fast one that will probably cost around $1,000. The device begins shipping in March. [Read more…]
Always wanted to know what it looked liek behind the scenes of a VR porn shoot? A bit like a science fiction horror, I think. Well have a look for yourself. [Read more…]
The Oculus Connect 2 event brought some very good news to our senses. Netflix is available in VR from now on. They have made a special app for it. It was launched at the event. The app gives you the feel that you are in a theatre. So this broadens the view. [Read more…]
Sony has made a change in name for their VR headset. Project Morpheus is now named PlayStation VR. They have done this before the Tokyo Game Show. The largest game convention in Asia later this month. [Read more…]
Have you ever been able to direct a Youtube video as it was playing? No? Well, now you can. In this video you can look around as if it was a webcam. But it’s not it’s a 360 degrees video shot with the GoPro Odyssey.
GoPro’s Odyssey comprises a rig packed with 16 GoPro Hero Black cameras, capable of capturing footage in stereoscopic 3D, and the film serves as a usual glimpse at the quality the new rig will offer when paired with Google’s Jump assembler pipeline, announced at Google’s I/O conference back in May. The combination of hardware and software is reportedly capable of producing stereoscopic (over-under) footage up to 8k x 8k (600 Mbit/s bitrate), which should ensure fidelity is up to the challenges posed by 360 filming.
Featuring footage captured in 360 degrees using GoPro’s recently new Odyssey VR camera, set to leverage the stitching pipeline of Google’s ‘Jump’ video assembler, this new short film shows the breathtaking possibilities of cinematic VR as a medium.
Set around New York city, the film puts you at and in various landmarks throughout the area. The film is directed by New York born and bred photographer Neil Britto and takes you on an immersive journey exploring his favourite sights throughout the city. From stunning cityscape vistas to more intimate landmark scenes, the film demonstrates what a difference being surrounded by such scenes makes to a films power to engage the viewer.
Although the Odyssey is capable of capturing stereoscopic spherical video, YouTube only supports monoscopic spherical footage for the time being, so the video above is not 3D.
Kellogg’s? KELLOGG’S? The brand that brought us cereal with iron by just grinding iron into their cardboard boxes. Yes that exact same Kellogg’s is now doing osmething really cool. The cheapest way to get VR by far is to fold your own cardboard viewer. Kellogg’s just designed one into their boxes. You can now have breakfast and get a VR viewer for your phone. [Read more…]